In better news, "Operation Safe Holiday" has led to the nabbing of 141 criminals.
More details on the arrests for the murder of Glen Stewart.
Lay the smack down, Baltimore: The Sun reports on "Bupe" in depth.
... and the wine glass too. Lawyer Bruce Robinson doesn't buy that there are no DUI quotas. (BTW, did you know that field sobriety tests are optional?)
"The Court of Appeals clarified the process for terminating parental rights ... The high court held that because a presumption exists that it is in a child’s best interest to remain with a parent, courts must expressly find that a parent is unfit or that other exceptional circumstances exist before parental rights can be terminated."
The bus-beating story has gone national, hitting MSNBC as well as far-flung CBS affiliates.
Remember this guy? HoCo's Jack Schroeder will spend a month in jail for feeding his neighbor's yappy dog chicken bones and antifreeze.
Fun fact: only 25% of BCrime readers think Schroeder was in the wrong.
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While I think it's great that 140 criminals have been arrested...why bother if they're only going to be back on the streets immediately? The arrest means nothing if the person serves little or no time, which seems to be the norm here in Baltimore.
O.K., so that's 141 down; and like 14,859 to go.
I suspect you'll need more than the current 3,073 cops to do it.
From the Zach Sowers site:
""If you're going to commit a crime, do it in Baltimore City." This is a saying I heard a few months ago and I certainly learned the validity of it on Monday morning as the plea agreement was reached without my consent. Actually, I think the saying was told to me as a joke. I certainly wasn't laughing. I truly wish justice meant "an eye for an eye." I have absolutely no sympathy for these four defendants. I hate them and I will hate them forever."
"I hope karma is a real thing. I hope hell is real, too. And I hope Ramos and his 3 co-defendants experience both."
Stupid hippies who talk about "second chances" and "rehabilitation" for violent felons should have to read that. Any chance Anna Sowers could testify in Annapolis next time they try to get rid of the death penalty?
Defense attorneys for the accused assailants of Sarah Kreager on a bus in Hampden are upset that public officials including Mayor Dixon have characterized the violent attack as unacceptable.
Um,... be upset. Then shut up.
This is the sort of pro-crime mindset which needs to be stamped out in this town. No remorse, no contrition. Baltimore's hoodlum society.
On the subject of hoodlums on the loose, notice that a whole bunch of them were easily rounded up by the FBI. What that tells you is that it's only a matter of sufficient effort. Soooo,.... a whole lotta crimes committed against victims (by people who should have been previously apprehended) were entirely preventable. Think about it.
Baltimore has chosen to be nasty.
(BTW, did you know that field sobriety tests are optional?)
Yes, but if you refuse, you will be arrested and your license will be suspended for 120 days, or you may have to install an interlock device.
What really pisses me off are the "sobriety checkpoints". The next time I run into one on Ritchie Highway, I'm refusing to answer anything.
You're talking about the breathalyzer, you can't refuse that. I'm referring to the roadside calisthenic routine, touching your nose and walking backwards and all of that nonsense.
Yes, refusing the field sobriety test doesn't lead directly to a suspended license.
But you will be arrested and subjected to a blood or breath test at the station. If you refuse that, then your license is suspended.
I wonder how Kumar Barve is getting around these days?
Officer Shane Eastman stopped the car, which bears Maryland delegate tags, approached Barve, the driver, and smelled alcohol, Wagner said.
When the officer asked him if he had been drinking, Barve said that he had had two drinks, Wagner said.
Wagner said the delegate failed a field sobriety test and was found to have a 0.10 blood-alcohol level through a preliminary breath test, which is not admissible as evidence in court. The legal limit is 0.08.
Barve was handcuffed and taken to a county police station in Gaithersburg, where he refused a blood-alcohol test.
Clearly, you people do not appreciate what our proactive leadership is trying to do with their lackluster approach on crime! Giving these accused criminals short sentences is essentially like putting them in a corner. It will give them a chance to reflect on what they've become, and in turn, change themselves around! Can't you see? These people don't need jail, they need jobs, love, and jesus... and lots of it!
As for the death penalty, it should go away for certain in maryland because so few of these people are career criminals. Its not like they go to jail and then resort to a life of crime again, right? What about all the feel good stories about that J-Kwon fellow who tries to turn his life around after a day in the joint? Certainly he's a positive example for all the offenders!
(/sarcasm)
That DUI blog seems like it written by a sleazy DUI defense attorney who lost to many cases. In Maryland there are only three "recognized" Field Sobierty Test. They are the Step & Turn, The Leg Raise, and the Horizontal Glaze Nystagmus Test (HGN).
Cops are required to do all three, but the HGN is the kicker (and the one the cops really care about). It's the one test that a drunk can't practice for or cheat on. If anyone fails that one they are drunk (except for some really rare, and I mean rare, physiological conditions, but a breathalazyer will clear that up).
As for refusing to take a Field Sobierty Test, that is your choice, but remember, it was also your choice to agree to do those test when asked when you received your driver's license (for those who didn't read the agreement you made with the MVA, that's your own fault).
Gor, I think you are placing too much faith in field sobriety tests. I seem to recall reading that when they ran various FSTs on a group of sober people, 40% of them ended up failing them in the opinion of the officer who administered the test. Now, it may be that they were poorly designed or administered tests, and that some tests are more reliable when done by properly trained police officers, but I have a lot more faith in portable breathalysers. They're not as accurate as the ones back at the station, but machines are generally better than people at these sorts of tasks.
Marlon Beckford, was my cousin, so you definately know it's gonna be hard for me to forgive Lance H. Walker or Nadirah V. Moreno.
However, as christians, we must leave all judgement to the creator above.
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